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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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    Game Boy Inventor
    Game Boy Inventor
    The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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